• tobechecked

    “I Am Flying Abroad Too”

    Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, center right, sets a bird free during the inauguration ceremony of a branch office of her National League for Democracy Party Wednesday, May 9, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. Suu Kyi received her first passport in 24 years on Tuesday ahead of a planned…

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  • Politics

    Ex-President Medvedev Confirmed as PM

    Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was confirmed as the country’s new prime minister by a majority of votes in the State Duma on Tuesday. President Vladimir Putin submitted Medvedev’s candidacy for the post shortly after his inauguration as president on Monday. Medvedev occupied the presidential post in 2008-2012. United Russia…

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  • Politics

    U.S. to Continue Pressing for Assad’s Resignation

    The United States will continue its efforts to make Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the country’s envoy to the UN, Susan Rice, said. “The United States remains focused on increasing the pressure on the al-Assad regime and on al-Assad himself to step down,” she said, adding that it…

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  • tobechecked

    A Show Of Hatred Against Former President

    Female protestors display the colors of various flags painted on their hands during a demonstration demanding the trial of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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  • tobechecked

    How Sincere A Prayer Through Prison Wall Would Be?

    A prisoner rests his arms in the wall of his cell during a Mass for prisoners in the courtyard of La Esperanza penal center in San Salvador, El Salvador, Monday, May 7, 2012. The prisoners asked for Monsignor Fabio Colindres to hold a Mass for them at the prison. <AP/NEWSis>…

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  • tobechecked

    A Squatter’s Reason To Be Desperate

    Nepalese riot police detain a squatter residing on the banks of the Bagmati River in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Government forces have reportedly vacated more than 200 squatters who have set up their homes illegally along the banks of the river. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia

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    Showcasing LG’s New Products

    In this photo taken by AP Images for LG Mobile Phones, LG Mobile Product Specialist, Hamed Nusaty, center, shows trade show attendees LG Mobile’s latest LTE devices at the International CTIA Wireless 2012 Convention, Tuesday May 8, 2012, in New Orleans. LG Mobile is showcasing it’s first phone-tablet hybrid, the…

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  • South Asia

    Four Conjoined Kittens

      Four conjoined kittens, which a cat gave birth in Larkana town of Sindh province of Pakistan.     A man brought these conjoined kittens to the press club to show them to journalists.     Birth of conjoined babies to women takes place but of conjoined kittens was strange for…

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  • IT-Science

    A game of chicken

    Samsung tussles with LG in OLED market Oversupply is slowing growth in the global display industry triggering another “game of chicken” in this already cutthroat market. The world’s top flat-screen makers ― Samsung and LG Display ― have been competing fiercely to take the lead in advanced displays called OLED…

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  • ‘Bo Xilai case affects China policy on N. Korea’

    The apparent rise of reformers in the Chinese Communist Party raises the possibility of a tougher line on North Korea amid growing frustration over Pyongyang’s provocations, an expert said Tuesday. Analysts say the recent ouster of former politburo member Bo Xilai in connection with the suspected murder of a British…

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